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+" Vim syntax file
+" Language:		bpftrace
+" Maintainer:		Stanislaw Gruszka <stf_xl@wp.pl>
+" Last Change:		2025 Dec 22
+
+" Quit when a syntax file was already loaded
+if exists("b:current_syntax")
+  finish
+endif
+
+let s:cpo_save = &cpo
+set cpo&vim
+
+syn keyword	bpftraceConditional	if else
+syn keyword	bpftraceRepeat		while for unroll
+syn keyword	bpftraceStatement	break continue return
+syn keyword	bpftraceKeyword		let macro import config
+syn keyword	bpftraceOperator	sizeof offsetof
+
+syn keyword	bpftraceProbe		BEGIN END begin end
+syn match	bpftraceProbe		"\v<(bench|self|test)\ze:"
+syn match	bpftraceProbe		"\v<(fentry|fexit|kfunc|kretfunc|kprobe|kretprobe)\ze:"
+syn match	bpftraceProbe		"\v<(profile|interval|iterator|hardware|software|uprobe|uretprobe)\ze:"
+syn match	bpftraceProbe		"\v<(usdt|tracepoint|rawtracepoint|watchpoint|asyncwatchpoint)\ze:"
+syn match	bpftraceProbe		"\v(^|[^:])<\zs(h|i|it|f|fr|k|kr|p|rt|s|t|u|ur|U|w|aw)\ze:"
+
+syn keyword	bpftraceType		bool int8 int16 int32 int64
+syn keyword	bpftraceType		uint8 uint16 uint32 uint64
+syn keyword	bpftraceType		struct
+
+syn match	bpftraceMacro		"\<\h\w*\ze\_s*("
+
+syn match	bpftraceNumber		display	"[+-]\=\<\d\+\>"
+syn match	bpftraceNumber		display	"\<0x\x\+\>"
+
+syn keyword	bpftraceBoolean		true false
+
+syn region	bpftraceString		start=+"+ skip=+\\\\\|\\"+ end=+"+ contains=@Spell extend
+
+syn keyword	bpftraceTodo		contained TODO FIXME XXX
+syn match	bpftraceShebang		/\%^#![^[].*/
+syn region	bpftraceCommentLine	start="//" end="$" contains=bpftraceTodo,@Spell
+syn region	bpftraceCommentBlock	matchgroup=bpftraceCommentBlock start="/\*" end="\*/" contains=bpftraceTodo,@Spell
+
+" Define the default highlighting.
+hi def link	bpftraceConditional	Conditional
+hi def link	bpftraceMacro		Macro
+hi def link	bpftraceRepeat		Repeat
+hi def link	bpftraceKeyword		Keyword
+hi def link	bpftraceNumber		Number
+hi def link	bpftraceBoolean		Boolean
+hi def link	bpftraceShebang		Comment
+hi def link	bpftraceCommentLine	Comment
+hi def link	bpftraceCommentBlock	Comment
+hi def link	bpftraceString		String
+hi def link	bpftraceType		Type
+hi def link	bpftraceProbe		Identifier
+
+syn sync minlines=100
+
+let b:current_syntax = "bpftrace"
+
+let &cpo = s:cpo_save
+unlet s:cpo_save
+
+" vim: ts=8 sw=8 noexpandtab